Welcome to Contrast!
Your event organizer has shared a link to speak during your upcoming webinar. This link will look something like this:
To join the session simply click on the link. No downloads or accounts are required.
Once you click the link you'll be brought to a page asking for camera and microphone permissions:
Make sure to click allow or you wont be able to talk during the session.
Once you've accepted permissions you'll be asked to add your name and role:
Add these field then click "enter" to join the session.
You're now in the Contrast studio:
The Contrast studio is where speakers and moderators run their sessions. Lets take a quick tour 👇
First the middle rectangle in white is what the viewer will see:
They will only be able to see you once the session is live 🔴. You'll see this indicated in the top right corner of the studio:
On the left you'll see the backstage panel:
This allows you to take speakers on and off the stream. Only people who are "on stream" can be seen or heard by the audience once a session is live.
To add or remove someone hover over their face in the backstage area:
Once someone is removed they will no longer be on stage:
If you're moderating OR waiting for your turn to speak you may be backstage and off screen.
Along the bottom you'll see standard video controls:
mute your mic
turn off camera
share your screen
change background
settings to change camera, name, etc
On the right you'll see an engagement panel to help run the session:
The top option opens up a chat to talk directly with the viewers:
If you hover a message you'll see additional actions:
This allows you to do thinks like react, moderate, bookmark, and add the message to stream.
Adding a message to stream allows you to address the questions in realtime:
When you're finished answering a question simply click again to remove from the stage.
Along the top you'll also see a tab for Q&A:
Clicking on this shows a list of questions from viewers and which ones are most popular:
note: it is possible for your event organizer to turn question voting off
The next tab is for the speaker chat. This will only be seen by speakers and moderators. Viewers will not see messages sent here. This allows you to chat with other speakers and your event organizer:
The last tab is where you can upload your presentation. To upload slides just download your presentation in a PDF format and re-upload into contrast:
Slide will show up inside the planel where you can drag and drop to change the order:
You'll also see them show up below the stage:
To present a slide to the audience simply click on the slide and it will add it to the stage. If you'd like to remove the slide just click again:
If you'd prefer to share your screen you can do so using the settings along the bottom of your screen:
That's it! It should be easy to use, but if you have questions please reach out to your event organizer.
Thanks,
Your friends at Contrast 👋